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Re: Can anyone give me some web site design advice?
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lugnet.publish
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Tue, 7 Mar 2000 09:13:21 GMT
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In lugnet.publish, Christopher Masi writes:
> It would be really nice if browsers could scale images down to fit a the
> screens resolution; afterall, many picture viewing utilities do that
> automatically. Please do not make the pictures too small. I just want them to
> fill MY screen. To heck with the people stuck at 640x480 (sarcasm). I set the
> external display to 1024x768 (256 colors yuck) and still you images didn't
fit.
Browsers can fit images to the size of the window:
<img src="myimage.gif" width=100%>
This scales the image to fit the width of the browser window. I personally
prefer to use thumbnails and when clicking on it the full (unscaled) picture
appears like I did here:
http://members.chello.nl/~f.buiting/lego/trains/shunter.html
> I would say that means most peaple cannot get the full impact of the picture.
> IMHO scrolling takes more away from the image than a slight reduction in
> resolution. Mind you I a chemistry professor, not a graphic designer.
Agreed, but this only counts for the 'overall' view. If I want to see some
detail I don't mind to scroll to the right part of the picture. This is also
an advantage of using thumbnails - a quick view of the whole scene but also
the possibility to see details.
[loading speed part snipped]
> Technically, it takes longer to load a page of thumbnails and then go
> from image to image, but it doesn't feel like it takes as long because I am
> doing something not just waiting for a monster page to load.
Thumbnails generally load faster, if done well that is. Some people use the
'width' or 'size' tags which don't help much. The full image is still loaded,
the browser just scales the image - a 100KB image still is a 100KB image. To
use thumbnails save two versions on the web, one full and a small image for
the thumbnail.
Another method is to display one thumbnail and links with descriptions. The
first thumbnail to give an impression of the type/quality of the pictures and
the descriptions for what kind of picture you can expect.
> By the way, when I saw the overview picture of your town it had a border
> around it, so I thought, "COOL, image map." My pointer did not turn into a • hand
> so I quickly realized it wasn't one. I have no idea how to do an image map, • but
> that would be the coolest way to let people poke around your town!
Imagemaps are quite easy to create. There is a utility to create imagemaps:
http://www.boutell.com/mapedit/
> I'll keep flipping through your cities, I must say that I am enjoying the
> overviews.
Me too :-) Those are some great buildings!
--
Frank Buiting
Visit the LEGO Lexicon: http://members.chello.nl/~f.buiting/lego/
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